WA reimbursement intelligence
Washington Medicaid & Medicare Reimbursement for RPM, CCM & TCM
Use this page as a structured planning reference for Washington. Medicare code families provide a national baseline; Medicaid program, managed-care, provider-type, and setting rules require state and plan-level verification.
Washington reimbursement source review completed August 30, 2026. Washington Apple Health continues to address RPM in its physician-related services billing guide. The 2026 guide identifies RPM service codes 99453, 99454, 99457, 99458, and 99091 and applies client, device, and disease-specific medical-necessity criteria. HCA's current billing-guide index identifies the July 1, 2026 edition as controlling, so providers should use the latest guide and fee schedule for code status, authorization, quantitative limits, documentation, and managed-care requirements.
Freshness window: recheck the official source by February 26, 2027, or sooner after a material payer change. Effective/source context: Washington HCA physician-related billing guide reviewed for CY 2026; current guide index checked August 30, 2026. Washington Apple Health Physician-Related Services billing guide
Legacy workbook check: matching WA workbook physically verified in the WordPress media library. The official policy source above has been checked; legacy workbook values still require value-level validation before operational use.
What to verify in Washington
Build the reimbursement picture in layers
Medicare baseline
Confirm the applicable physician fee schedule, code descriptors, supervision rules, device/data requirements, time thresholds, and any annual coding changes.
Washington Medicaid program
Review the current fee schedule, provider manual, telehealth or remote-monitoring guidance, eligible provider types, places of service, and billing limitations.
Managed care
Do not assume state-level policy equals MCO payment. Verify plan contracts, prior authorization, care-management benefits, alternative payment methods, and value-based arrangements separately.
Revenue model
Model payer mix, eligible patient volume, realistic utilization, staffing, device/platform expense, and contract-specific reimbursement only after the policy assumptions are verified.
Verified Medicare baseline
CY 2026 national policy, checked August 30, 2026
CMS finalized CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule policy effective January 1, 2026. CMS currently describes Medicare RPM as connected-device monitoring for acute or chronic conditions, with digitally uploaded physiologic data and program-specific service requirements. The 2026 RPM code set added CPT 99445 and 99470 for lower-day and lower-time monitoring scenarios.
This Medicare baseline is national. It does not establish Washington Medicaid or MCO coverage, payment, provider eligibility, or billing rules.
Quarterly PFS timing safeguard
As of September 23, 2026, the service-date-appropriate 2026 Medicare release is July 2026 (RVU26C / PFREV26C). Use the PFS release applicable to the actual date of service, not simply the newest file CMS has posted.
The October 2026 RVU26D / PFREV26D files may already be available, but they should not be used for dates of service before October 1, 2026. CMS also maintains separate QP and non-QP files for 2026 because different conversion factors can apply.
Code families
RPM, CCM, and TCM planning reference
These code families identify the services that should be checked against current Medicare and Washington Medicaid rules. Inclusion here does not mean every code is payable by every payer or provider type.
Remote Patient Monitoring
99453 · 99454 · 99445 · 99457 · 99458 · 99470 · 99091
Verify device eligibility, data collection/transmission requirements, treatment-management time, interactive communication, supervision, and billing frequency.
Chronic Care Management
99490 · 99439 · 99491 · 99437 · 99487 · 99489
Verify patient eligibility, comprehensive care-plan requirements, qualifying clinical staff time, complexity, add-on logic, consent, and overlapping-service rules.
Transitional Care Management
99495 · 99496
Verify discharge eligibility, interactive contact timing, medical decision-making level, face-to-face visit timing, and payer-specific post-discharge requirements.
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